SEC 41H The salary of a judge of the District Court
shall not be reduced during his continuance in office

SEC 411 For the purpose of implementing the
amendments to Articles IV, XV and XVTI of this Consti
tution, establishing the District Court, the following pro
visions shall govern

(a) The provisions ofSectton 41D of this Article shall
govern initial vacancies in the office of judge of the District
Court fcach ftill time judge of the People's Court ofBalti
more City, the Municipal Court of Baltimore City, and of
the People's Courts of Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Pnncc
George's, Wicomico C ounces and Baltimore Count) who
is in office on the effective date of these amendments shall
continue in office as a judge of the District Court in Jus
district and county of residence (or in Balumore City) for
the remainder of the term for which he was elected or
appointed, and if his term expires prior to January 1,1971,
such Judge shall be re appointed by the Governor, if the
Senate consents, in accordance with the provisions of Section
41D of this Article, subject to the Provisions of the Consti
tution respecting age, removal and retirement, provided that
the term of any such Judge of a People's Court who would
be ineligible for appointment as a Judge of the District Court
under this Article shall expire on the effective date of these
amendments Thereafter, retention of any Judge who is
retained in office pursuant to the preceding provisions of this
subsection shall be pursuant to Section 41D of this Article
No People's Court Judge, Judge of the Housing Court of
Baltimore County, or Justice of the Peace shall be appointed
or elected or exercise any power or Jurisdiction

(b) Each full time clerk of a Justice of the peace
designated as trial magistrate of a People's Court, of the
Municipal Court of Baltimore City, and the chief constable
of the People's Court of Baltimore City who is in office
on the day before the first Monday in July, 1970, shall
become a deput) clerk of the District Court on the first
Monday in July 1970 The taking effect of the aforegoing
amendments shall not of itself affect the tenure, term,
status, retirement, or compensation of any person then
holding public office, position, or employment in this
State, except as provided in the amendments

(c) All statutory references to justices of the peace
designated as trial magistrates, to People's Courts, to the
Municipal Court of Baltimore City or to the Housing
Court of Baltimore County, shall be deemed to refer to the
District Court in the appropriate district, county or Balti
more City, to the extent not inconsistent with this Consti
tution

(d) No member of the General Assembly at which
these amendments were proposed, or at which the number
of or salary of any such judges may have been increased or
decreased by the General Assembly from time to time, it
otherwise qualified, is ineligible for appointment or elec
tion as a Judge of the District Court by reason of his
membership in the General Assembly

SEC. 42.¹⁵³ Vacant

SEC. 43. ^Vacant

Part VII—Sheriffs

SEC. 44. There shall be elected in each county and
in Baltimore City one person, resident in said counts or
City, above the age oftwent) h\e years and for at least five
years preceding his election a citi/en of the State, to the
office of Sheriff He shall hold office for four years, until
his successor is duly elected and qualified, give such bond,
exercise such powers and perform such duties as now are
or may hereafter be fixed by law

In case of vacancy b) death, resignation, refusal to serve,
or neglect to qualify or give bond, or by disqualification or
removal from the County or Cit\, die Go\ ernor shall appoint
a person to be Sheriff tor the remainder of the official term

The Sheriff in each county ind in Baltimore Cit) shall
receive such salar) or compensation and such expenses
necessary to the conduct of his office as ma\ be fixed by
law All fees collected by the Sheriff shall be accounted for
and paid to the Treasury of the se\eral counties and of
Baltimore City, respectively

SEC. 45. Notaries Public may be appointed tor
each county and the cit) of Baltimore, in the manner, tor
the purpose, and with the powers now fixed, or which may
hereafter be prescribed by Law

ARTICLE V

AIIORNLI-GLNLRALAND
STATE'S ATTORNEYS

SEC. I.¹⁵⁷ There shall be an Attorney General elected
by the qualified voters of the State, on general ticket, on
the Tuesday next after the hrst Monday in the month of
November, nineteen hundred and hft\ eight, and on the
same day, in every fourth year thereafter, who shall hold
his office for four years from the time of his election and
qualification, and until his successor is elected and quail
fled, and shall be re eligible thereto, and shall be subject
to removal for mcompetenc\ willful neglect of dun or
misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of I aw

SEC. 2 All elections for Attorney General shall be
certified to, and returns made thereof bv the C Icrks of the
Circuit Courts tor the several counties, and the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Baltimore City, to the Governor of
the State, whose duty it shall be to decide on the election
and qualification of the person returned, and in case of a
tie between two or more persons, to designate which of
said persons shall quality as Attorney General, and to
administer the oath of office to the person elected

I CQ

SEC. 3. (a) The Attorney General shall
(1) Prosecute and defend on the part of the State all
cases pending in the Appellate Courts of the State, in the
Supreme Court of the United States or the inferior Federal
Courts, by or against the State, or in which the State may